Happy new year, BTU-ites! There’s a lot going on in the lab this semester, and some highlights include robot fish, sneakernet, autonomous vehicles, interactive music, and Meow Wolf.
Events
First off, there’s been an update to our Calendar page! We now use a Google calendar instead of a WordPress-managed one. Now you can see information about the events without even clicking on them, and it’s much easier to add them to your own calendar if you want to attend.
We’re continuing our Weekly Workshop series, events that happen every Friday afternoon. A few of the workshops this semester feature Raspberry Pis, 3D Printing, and Ria’s Robot Fish series. You can check the calendar for more information on individual workshops!
Libi’s back with the monthly Privacy Checkups, 2-3PM on every first Wednesday of the month. She’s also running three more events: a Take-It-A-Party on March 7th 6-7:50PM; Alternative Networks on April 3rd 3-5PM; and Deconvencience on April 17th 3-5PM.
The lab is also hosting Jiffer Hariman, who’ll be teaching two workshops on Interactive Design for Music. Those will be March 6th and 13th, from 5-7PM. Learn more about them here, and make sure to RSVP!
ImagineCU, a campus organization for women and nonbinary folks in STEM, will also be having an event here on March 20th from 6:30-8PM! Stay tuned for more details.
And, as always, Open Hack Night is happening every first Tuesday of the month, from 6-10PM (sometimes longer). This is one night of the month that the BTU’s doors are for sure open to the public, and there’s always someone working on something cool! Come join us!
CLUBS + GROUPS
Electric Vehicle Club is back this semester, they meet Thursdays from 3-5PM. Currently, they’re working on a small autonomous vehicle that can travel around a room. If you’re interested, email cawr2975@gmail.com – or just show up!
Some of our members are also organizing two projects in preparation for Meow Wolf Denver! One is a tank of robot fish, so if you’ve been attending Ria’s Robot Fish workshops, then you’re already a step ahead of the game! The other project is an unsettling space where things aren’t quite as they seem, including bookshelves that talk and electronics that don’t work as you’d expect. We’re still in the planning stage, but if you’re interested in participating in either, please contact cicada.scott@colorado.edu to get involved.
PROJECTS
We used to have a lot more member projects on this blog, but the last few years has been a lull period. We want to fix that. If you have a project you’re proud of and want to get it out there, please contact Cicada (cicada.scott@colorado.edu) or Alicia (amgibb@gmail.com) and we’ll work with you to put it up! It’s a great way to show things off and to be a part of the community, and it doesn’t take more than a photo and a quick paragraph or two about what it is.
And stay tuned, because we’ll be cracking open that silence with an egg-citing project post in the near future…
